Mesk Residences Maryam Island

Mesk Residences is a low-rise apartment building on Maryam Island, Sharjah, developed by Eagle Hills and scheduled for completion in March 2025. The project sits on a beachfront site overlooking the Arabian Sea, offering studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments across a ground-plus-five-storey structure.

# The building and its position on Maryam Island

Maryam Island occupies a stretch of reclaimed land in downtown Sharjah, positioned along the Arabian Sea coastline. The location places residents within reach of Al Taawun and Al Ittihad Roads, the two arterial routes that connect Sharjah to Dubai, Ajman and Umm Al Quwain. Eagle Hills, the Abu Dhabi-based developer with a portfolio spanning the Gulf and beyond, has configured the building at a modest six-storey height, keeping it in scale with the broader island masterplan rather than competing with it.

The island itself is designed around a waterfront promenade, a community park, beach access and a marina. Mesk Residences sits within that framework, which means the public realm immediately outside the building carries more infrastructure than a typical standalone residential project would.

# Residences: layouts, finish and specification

The building spans studios through to two-bedroom apartments. Flooring throughout the living areas, bedrooms, kitchen and balconies uses porcelain tile with matching skirting. Ceilings in bathrooms, kitchens and corridors are finished in gypsum board; living rooms and bedrooms carry a plaster-painted cement ceiling. The paint palette runs to white matte across main areas, with hygienic paint specified for wet rooms.

Kitchens are open-plan and modular, with MDF carcasses, laminated base and overhead cabinetry, solid surface countertops and a porcelain tile backsplash. Joinery uses laminated wood-finish doors for the master bedroom wardrobes and kitchen units.

Bathrooms are fitted with floor-mounted WCs, under-counter basins, deck-mounted single-lever taps, and a shower with an adjustable rail alongside an acrylic bathtub. The specification reads as mid-market contemporary rather than luxury, consistent with Eagle Hills' positioning for this island typology.

Apartments are delivered unfurnished. The service charge runs at 10 to 11 AED per square foot annually.

# Amenities within the building

The on-site amenity list is concise: a swimming pool, a gymnasium and landscaped green spaces on the podium level. The building also carries CCTV across common areas, high-speed internet infrastructure and a security intercom system.

For residents who require more, the island's retail strip, promenade and beach function as an extension of that offer, though those are shared with the wider Maryam Island community rather than exclusive to Mesk.

# Connectivity to Sharjah, Dubai and the Northern Emirates

Al Taawun Road gives direct northward access towards Ajman and Umm Al Quwain, while Al Ittihad Road runs south into Dubai. The drive to Dubai International Airport from this part of Sharjah typically falls within 25 to 35 minutes depending on traffic, making the location viable for residents who work or travel frequently from Dubai without paying Dubai property prices.

Downtown Sharjah's cultural institutions, including the Sharjah Art Foundation and the emirate's heritage area, sit a short distance inland.

# Who this building suits and where it sits in the broader market

Mesk Residences addresses a buyer profile that is watching Dubai's price appreciation from across the emirate border. Sharjah's freehold market, particularly on Maryam Island, has attracted buyers priced out of equivalent Dubai waterfront product, and Eagle Hills has built a small number of developments on the island to serve that demand.

The project is noted as sold out, which reflects the appetite for beachfront inventory in this price bracket. For buyers researching comparable completed or near-completed stock in the Northern Emirates, Maryam Island represents one of the more considered masterplanned environments outside Dubai, and Mesk Residences sits near the accessible end of that market, structured for end-users and buy-to-let investors in equal measure.